" one thing with Anderson is that he has such a problem with defending the takedown."

Didn't they say Anderson has the second-highest takedown defense rate in the UFC?

Anyone who is any good at takedowns in MW took him down effortlessly, he has fought a lot of guys who are not great at takedowns as mw is the weakest division in the history of combat sports, especially when it comes to wrestlers, or wrestlers that Silva has faced

Leigh - GSP couldn't finish Dan Hardy (or plenty of other WWs) but he's going to finish Anderson Silva? No, I think not. He will have to take him down consistently for 5 rounds without getting hit and bigger, better wrestlers have tried and failed.

I don't even think this should happen due to size difference and its poor form from Silva to call out a guy in the weight class below.

You could have stopped at GSP finishing anyone period. How many decisions has he had since Terra Serra caught him and changed GSPs whole fight game?.

GSP is the Pauli Malinaggio of UFC he's mastered his craft and wins but we all know going in there will be no finish.

Malinaggio loses a lot and when he wins the fights are usually close. GSP is more like Mayweather pitching shutouts, on average he loses 1 round out of every 15 through his entire career, that level of domination will never be duplicated

gsp is going to have to stay out of silvas range. i don't see gsp getting the ko or sub so he is going to have to stay out of range and be fast enough to get the takedown 5 rounds in a row. not sure if he can do that...

Bry Bry - i have no doubt that GSP can take Anderson down but what then??i dont see GSP finishing Anderson ever...on the feet GSP will get butchered..GSP has no chance standing with ANderson so he has to shoot in on him...Anderson will eventually catch him with strikes and end him..

Beat me to it.

Yes, GSP would be able to take Silva down, but that isn't enough to win the fight.

" one thing with Anderson is that he has such a problem with defending the takedown."

Didn't they say Anderson has the second-highest takedown defense rate in the UFC?

In fairness silva has fought a lot of bjj guys with mediocre takedowns, which may be inflating those stats. Seeing as how gsp has fought some of the best wrestlers in mma and taken them down pretty much at will, you would think he will take down Anderson. Minimal chance he finishes him tho. The question is will he get caught on the way in. I'd say it's 50/50

" one thing with Anderson is that he has such a problem with defending the takedown."

Didn't they say Anderson has the second-highest takedown defense rate in the UFC?

In fairness silva has fought a lot of bjj guys with mediocre takedowns, which may be inflating those stats. Seeing as how gsp has fought some of the best wrestlers in mma and taken them down pretty much at will, you would think he will take down Anderson. Minimal chance he finishes him tho. The question is will he get caught on the way in. I'd say it's 50/50

I think GSP would probably get him down, I'm just disagreeing that Anderson gets taken down "effortlessly". Even in the first fight Chael went 4 for 7 and in the second he was like 1 for 8 or something ridiculous.

Maia has great takedowns, Vitor took down Tito, Marquardt and Okami are strong wrestlers as well. Henderson is hit or miss but he took down Rampage more easily than Jon Jones did, and Rampage was a hell of a lot more motivated and in shape then, too.

Consider the opponents that Silva has faced, not one of them would beat GSP, imo. Sonnen, Okami, Bonnar, Belfort, Maia, Griffin, Leites, Cote, Irvin, Marquardt, Leben, Franklin, .. Henderson would put up a helluva scrap, for sure, but I'd say GSP would still take decision.

Of course, the same could be said of GSP's record, where I'd say Condit would give Anderson a run for his money as well. To say that GSP would lose definitely to Anderson is foolish.

That being said, Condit in the middleweight division.. interesting, very interesting.

people are underestimating GSP in this fight, imo. i dount agree with hashad that he "definitely" wins but he can definitely take anderson down, definitely hold him there, definitely deliver damage and avoid submissions.

the question is, can he do it for 5 rounds without getting blasted? i doubt that very much but very much want to see it.

the size differential is greatly overstated. they are only around 10-12 pounds difference fighting weight in the cage as it is. a 177 lb catch weight will put them at around the same weight.

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